README

# GENERAL INFORATION
Journal: Journal of European Public Policy
Paper title: Push, ignore or surrender? Party responses to the ideational momentum of foreign events
Authors: Nicholas Buhmann-Holmes and Martin B. Carstensen

# FILES

# Replication code
- "appendix_b_code". Contains code for replicating results of appendix B. This code also replicates the main models of the article.
- "descriptive_stats_code". Contains code for replicating descriptive statistics.
- "plots_code". Contains code for replicating plots.
- "wordscores_code". Contains code for replicating Wordscores results, necessary for replicating Wordscores regressions and plots.

# Data
- "data_final.rda". Contains main data for replicating results of analysis (except for Wordscores).
- "wordscores_combined_together.RData" Contains data for creating overall Wordscores plot.
- "wordscores_parties.RData" Contains data for creating Wordscores plot on party level.
- "unemp_month.csv" Monthly unemployment data for appendix B10.
- "quarterly_growth.csv" Quarterly GDP growth data for appendix B10.

# Codebook
- "codebook". Codebook for data_final.rda. 

All code is run in R.



